Skip to main content

Uncategorized


May 6, 2024
A draft code change from Lee County, circulated on Monday, May 6, 2024, that would update the Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinances with references to downtown parking. The draft ordinance, not pre…

March 28, 2024
The Boca Beacon received word Wednesday that Dean Laux, an editor at the Boca Beacon, died Tuesday evening. His wife Miryam (Micki) informed us. He has been a copy editor at the paper since he joi…

March 21, 2024
In Boca Grande, a number of civic-minded island residents showed up to assist Kathy Crumb from Lee County, who worked with her husband Duane Crumb at the polls Tuesday. The county is always in nee…

January 19, 2024
Byline: Staff Report There are new piles of rocks along the Boca Grande Causeway and near the toll house. The new rocks, according to Gasparilla Island Bridge Authority Executive Director K…

January 18, 2024
By EMILY HALY, M.D. January is Thyroid Awareness Month, a time when the medical profession focuses attention onthat tiny gland located in the lower front part of your neck. While small in compa…

December 21, 2023
Since 1987, the Boca Beacon has offered a calendar for subscribers inserted into the newspaper as a Christmas gift to our subscribers. This year, photos are by our very own Matthew Gutman, Dusty H…

December 15, 2023
BY CAPT. JOE LACLAIR With a couple very cold evenings the water temps have really started to fall. What seems to be different this winter is the amount of rainfall we are still experiencing. Th…

December 8, 2023
Jeff & Carol Mack and John & Katie Guido, Linda & Lewis Carlisle of Boca Grande remembered their Boca Beacon while at the Woodford Reserve Louisville Polo match in Kentucky. Below,…

December 5, 2023
Every issue, the Boca Beacon highlights one of our own in our Page 3 In The Spotlight. We look to the community to see who is making news, whether they be a volunteer for one of our non-profits li…

November 22, 2023
On November 16, Allegiant began twice weekly service to Bangor, Maine from Punta Gorda (PGD). The PGD to Bangor International Airport (BGR) flights will operate twice weekly. That report is from D…